Chatino language

Chatino
Chaqcña, Chaqꟳ tnyaᴶ[what language is this?]
Ethnicity	Chatino people
Geographic distribution	Oaxaca, Mexico
Native speakers	52,000 (2020 census)[1]
Linguistic classification	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Chatino
Subdivisions	Highland Chatino Zacatepec Chatino Tataltepec Chatino Zenzontepec Chatino Teojomulco Chatino †
Glottolog	chat1268

Chatino is a group of indigenous Mesoamerican languages. These languages are a branch of the Zapotecan family within the Oto-Manguean language family. They are natively spoken by 45,000 Chatino people,^[2] whose communities are located in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

The Chatinos have close cultural and linguistic ties with the Zapotec people, whose languages form the other branch of the Zapotecan language family. Chatinos call their language chaqꟳ tnyaᴶ^{[what language is this?]}.^[a] Chatino is recognized as a national language in Mexico.

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